CIHR's Invisible National Autism Symposium

Published: October 8, 2007, 7:06 pm

Tags: cihr, stephen harper, national autism symposium, autism disorder

I have written several commentaries on this site critical of the Harper GovernmentCIHR National Autism Symposium. The Autism Symposium was touted as ABOVE ALL an exercise in .... community building. Except that the community reps were all hand picked by the CIHR, without input from the provincial Autism Societies or FEAT organizations.The agenda, list of speakers, and list of invited guests, are all unknown to the "community" at this time. Now it appears that the National Autism Symposium itself will be kept hush hush to the point of being invisible.The Autism Symposium is scheduled for November 8 and 9 in Toronto, yet it is not even listed on the general Event Listing page of the CIHR website or on the Upcoming Events section of the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) section which actually lists NO upcoming events: Event Listing (General) December 4-6, 2007: Human Health Resources 2007: Connecting Issues and PeopleThe conference will explore

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